Servius Aemilius

Servius Aemilius was the Roman governor of Galatia during the Crisis of the Third Century.

Biography
Servius Aemilius was born into an aristocratic Roman family, and he was given command of Legio I Fulminata in Anatolia before being appointed Governor of Galatia. In the power struggle which followed the death of Emperor Claudius Gothicus in 270 AD, Aemilius pledged the loyalty of Galatia to Aurelian. Aemilius had to worry about the expansion of Zenobia's Palmyrene Empire in the south, and Aurelian later intervened and reconquered Palmyra.